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Saturday, December 16, 1848

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Birthdays

Kinsley Scott Bingham, circa 1862, detail

Kinsley Scott Bingham

40 years old today

John Snyder Carlile, circa 1857, detail

John Snyder Carlile

31 years old today

Dickinson College Alumnus - No photograph currently available

Alfred Creigh

38 years old today

John Ewen, detail

John Ewen

40 years old today

Samuel Garland, Jr., engraving, detail

Samuel Garland Jr.

18 years old today

Robert Selden Garnett, detail

Robert Selden Garnett

29 years old today

Henry Heth, detail

Henry Heth

23 years old today

Dickinson College Alumnus - No photograph currently available

Thompson Holmes

68 years old today

Myer Strouse, detail

Myer Strouse

23 years old today

Dickinson College Alumnus - No photograph currently available

George T. Tyler

5 years old today

Events

Legal/Political
John Wentworth serves in the United States House of Representatives 03/04/1843 to 03/03/1851
Legal/Political
David Wilmot serves in the United States House of Representatives 03/04/1845 to 03/03/1851
Legal/Political
Stephen A. Douglas serves in the United States Senate 03/04/1847 to 06/03/1861
Legal/Political
Abraham Lincoln serves a single term in the United States House of Representatives 03/04/1847 to 03/03/1849
Lawmaking/Litigating
The second session of the 30th Congress sits in Washington, DC between early December, 1848 and early March, 1849 12/05/1848 to 03/02/1849

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